Gun-sight.



No. 837,223. j PATENTED NOV. 27, 1906.

' R. w. HENNBSSY.

GUN SIGHT. APPLICATION FILED J'ULYZl. 1906.

INVENTOI? fiz'afiazzi ifflliznezsu-y ATTORNEYS RICHARD WILLIAM HENNESSY,OF BURNTRANCH, CALIFORNIA.

GUN-SIGHT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 27, 1906.

Application filed July21, 1906. Serial No. 327,172.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RICHARD WILLIAM HEN- NESSY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Burntranch, in the county of are tapered orinclined upward in direction of the center, so as to admit a maximum oflight and at the same time protect the bead to be hereinafter'described.The said bar- Trinity and State of California, have lnventl rel-body byreason of its formation renders ed a new and Improved Gun-Sight, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a front sight for rifles adapted to be used withany character of peep-sight.

The purpose of the invention is to firovide a construction of frontsight which wi afford the person aiming a clear, concentrated, and

practically-unobstructed view of the object at which the gun is aimedand which will enan uninterrupted view possible along the gun-barrel.The barrel or cylindrical body B is provided with a transverse dovetailrib 12, which enters the customary dovetail groove 13 in the gun-barrel,thereby removablly connecting said gun-sight with the barre Alongitudinal slot 14 is horizontally and centrally produced in one sideof the barrelbody of the sight, as is clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2,and in the opposite side of the said able the marksman to see clearlyboth above l body B a shorter slot 15 is made, the two and below andalong the bead.

A further purpose of the invention is to provide a front sight that isas well ada ted to hunting as to target rifles, since the Eead is soprotected that there is little danger of its being broken.

Another purpose of the invention is to provide for a ready removal ofthe screen or supporting plate for the bead from the barrel of the sightand its ready replacement, thereby enabling different sizes and colorsof beads to be employed.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Fi ure 1 is a side elevation of a ortion of a rifle-iarrel and theimproved sig t ap lied. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the rifle-barrel s ownin Fig. 1 and a horizontal section through the sight, the section beingtaken on the line 2 2 of Fi 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse section through te barrel and an end view of the applied sight; and Fig. 4 is an enlargeddetail perspective view of the screen or supporting plate for the bead,which screen or supporting-plate is adap tion with the barrel of thesight.

A represents a rifle-barrel upon which the improved sight is attached atits forward portion. The sight consists of a cylindrical or barrel bodyB, the ends 10 and 11 of which ted for removable connecslots 14 and 15,however, being in transverse alinement.-

In connection with the barrel-body B of the sight a plate or screen 0 isemployed said plate or screen is made as thin as possible and isprovided at one end with a tongue 16, which enters'the shorterslot 15 inthe body B, as shown in Fig. 2. The opposite end of the said screen orplate is provided at one longitudinal edge with a recess 16.

' When the recessed end of the screen or plate 0 has been laced in thelonger slot 14 in the body B of t e sight, it is he (1 in position bymeans of a screw 17, as is clearly shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. Thescreen or plate C is provided with a central transverse tubular section18, which when the screen or plate is in position in the body of thesight extends longitudinally of the gun-barrel and occupies a centrallongitudinal osition within the barrel-body B of the sight, as shown inFigs. 1, 2, and 3, and in said tubular receptacle 18 the bead -19 islocated. This bead may be of any size, and it may be of any color, andby changing the plates or screens C different sizes of beads 19 may beemployed.

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It will be observed that the improved sight is very strong in generalconstruction, and in its use an unobstructed view of the bead isobtained, and that the screen or supportingplate 0 for the bead can bemade so t in that in the use of the sight said plate or screen ispractically invisible, and any desired size or character of bead is adatable to the sight.

The tubular form of tlhe body of the sight and its inclined ends enablethe gun to be carried in a holster or to be forced through any characterof brush sight, and the head being suspended in the center of a circlepermits the rifleman to instantly cover the center of any object aimedat without apparent eifort on his part, whether the object be in theshape of a triangle or a square or of other form. In fact, the improvedsight provides for a clear unobstructed view of the object aimed at.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent l. A gun-sight, consisting of a barrel-body having itsends inclined upward in direction of its center, a screen or p ateremovably located in said barrel-body between its top and bottom, and areceptacle for a bead carried by the said screen or plate.

2. In a gun-sight, a barrel-body, a removable plate or screen secured inthe said body between its top and bottom, a receptacle without injury tothe supported by said screen or plate, arranged to extend longitudinallyof t e body, and a bead located within the said receptacle.

3. In a gun-sight, a tubular body having its ends inclined upward indirection of-its center, a plate or screen horizontally located withinthe said body at its central portion and about midway between the topand bottom, means for removably securing the said screen or plate inposition in said body, a tubular receptacle forming a portion of thescreen or plate, extending longitudinally of the body, and a beadlocated within the said receptacle.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

,RIOHARD WILLIAM HENNESSY.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM B. KIDD, H. B. WATERMAN.

